Pacific destiny
Subtitle: the three-century journey to the Oregon country
By: Dale L. Walker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: Explorers -- Northwest, Pacific -- History; Pioneers -- Northwest, Pacific -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Pacific; Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History; Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration; Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 18th century; Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century; Oregon -- History -- To 1859
Description: "In these pages are the explorations of the Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the adventures of the mountain men who risked their lives in hostile Indian country in pursuit of beaver pelts; and the arrival of missionaries and land-hungry pioneers via the Oregon Trail."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [454]-462) and index.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."